About Us

Our story

Giesen Painting Co has been painting Marin County homes for over 40 years. Owner Greg Giesen runs the company from San Anselmo, and the work is the same job it has always been: prep the surface properly, use the right paint for the exposure, and leave the house cleaner than you found it. The company also paints for The Presidio Trust in San Francisco, and does pressure washing and staining of decks and fences.

Most Marin homes are older — 1920s to 1960s Craftsman, bungalow, and ranch houses — and most have been painted many times. The difference between a paint job that lasts three years and one that lasts ten is almost never the color. It is the scraping, the priming, the caulking, and the patience to let each coat cure.

We are a small company on purpose. You talk to the people painting your house, and the person who prices the job is the person responsible for it.

Licensed, bonded & insured

Three promises

1. Prep before paint. Scraping, sanding, patching, priming, and caulking are the job — the paint is the last step, not the first. A skipped prep step always shows, usually a year later.
2. Written price, no surprises. We look at the surfaces in person and give you a written price for the scope agreed — no allowances hiding the real number.
3. Clean job site. Floors, furniture, and gardens are masked and protected, and the site is cleaned daily. You should come home to a painted house, not a work zone.

How a project runs

1. Estimate visit. We walk the rooms or the exterior, look at the surface condition, and talk through colors and scope.
2. Written price. A price for the agreed scope, with prep, coats, and paint spelled out.
3. Prep and paint. Masking and protection first, then prep, primer, and paint — in that order, every time.
4. Walkthrough. We walk the finished job with you, point by point, and fix anything that is not right before we call it done.